The June Friday Nighter made its way from the Park & Ride to Fall City, and then started winding it’s way North toward Snohomish. The first leg was just short of an hour, giving competitors a test for keeping speed for a long time. Many did great! The second leg went up Stillwater Hill, a road that in the 80s was a challenge for the underpowered cars of the day. While the new cars get up the hill smartly, it is still an entertaining route. After the route returned to 203, we transited through Duvall, and started timing again at Crescent Lake Rd. where a grumpy local yelled at some of the competitors. My apologies. We had originally planned to end the transit sooner, but the reference we used disappeared between the measurement and the checkout. Leg 3 was a short run up to the outskirts of Snohomish, and it was marred by an accident by a non-competitor. Most cars got held up and filed time decs, but the problem was that the accident was close enough to the control that there was no space to complete the pause taken. About half the cars would have been unfairly penalized, so we elected to throw the leg, and score the rally on two. My condolences to the folks who got a good score on leg 3. Also to the checkpoint crew whose work was tossed out with the leg. I’m truly sorry.

Thanks to the workers from all of the clubs that made this thing happen. We had a great, well attended checkout and the crews worked flawlessly. Thanks to all that helped.

On Friday, June 9th, NWRC presents the June Friday Nighter, “The Peanut Fairy Rides Again.” The Peanut Fairy roams the roads and trails in our area, distributing peanuts for squirrels, crows, raccoons and possums, and any other critters that will eat them. This rally endeavors to follow the path of the Peanut Fairy from Issaquah to Snohomish. Since we are within two weeks of the Summer Solstice, we should have daylight for most of the rally. On the checkout, last Friday, we encountered a cow at one of the checkpoints that was looking at us like we should be giving out peanuts. I consider that fair evidence that we were on the correct route. The good news is, the Peanut Fairy will not be bothering you in your car, like the Phantom Bantam and others have done in the past. Bigfoot sightings should still be reported, but we are not technically looking for them this trip. The checkout went pretty well, uncovering a couple of missing signs, all of which has been corrected. You should have a good time on this event and we expect to see some pretty good scores.

Registration for this novice oriented event opens at 6:45 PM at the Eastgate Park & Ride Parking lot in Bellevue (14200 SE Eastgate Way). The drivers meeting is at 7:10 and first car out will be 7:31. The entry fee is $20. The “bring a new team and your entry is free” special continues, so invite some friends and enjoy free entry.

It’s this coming Friday, May 12th. PSRC Presents “Getting Squirrelly”, the May Friday Nighter. This rally traverses the byways between Bellevue and Maple Valley using an almost totally different route from last month. We’ll finish at Farrelli’s Pizza again and you may see a couple of roads that look familiar, but we avoided overlap with the previous event everywhere we could. It’s a fun run with a few light traps with small penalties. That, coupled with daylight that should last well into the rally, is a receipe for FUN!

Registration for this novice oriented event opens at 6:45 PM at the Eastgate Park & Ride Parking lot in Bellevue (14200 SE Eastgate Way). The drivers meeting is at 7:10 and first car out will be 7:31. The entry fee is $20. The “bring a new team and your entry is free” special continues, so invite some friends and enjoy free entry.